The Most Popular Social Networking Sites in the World

Social networking sites are an online medium that allows users to create profiles or personal information so they can connect with others. Social networking sites also allow users to write down the activities of the day or the various things experienced or felt.

Indeed there are currently hundreds of social networking sites in the world and among hundreds of social networking sites, facebooklah which is the most popular social networking sites in the world with 1.35 billion users active users.

Here are the rows of the most popular social networking sites in the world based on the number of active users

1. Facebook

Number of Active Users: 1.35 Billion
Country of Origin: United States of America
Year Established: 2004
Website Website: Facebook.com

Facebook founded by Mark Zuckerberg is headquartered in Menlo Park California and has become an open company (Tbk) in 2012 with revenues of US $ 7.87 billion in 2013. Some technology companies are acquired by Facebook such as Instagram, Whatsapp, Oculus VR and PrivateCore.

2. Qzone

Number of Active Users: 629 million
Country of Origin: China
Year Established: 2005
Website Website: qzone.qq.com

Qzon is a social networking site created by Chinese company Tencent Holding Limited in 2005. Although it is a social network that has the second most active users in the world. However Qzone is only famous in China with most of its Chinese citizens.

3. Google+

Number of Active Users: 343 million
Country of Origin: United States of America
Year Launched: 2011
Website Website: plus.google.com

Google+ or Google Plus is a product of Internet giant Google Inc founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Google Plus is one of the fastest growing social networking sites, in just 3 years has attracted 343 million active users.

4. LinkedIn

Number of Active Users: 332 million
Country of Origin: United States of America
Year Established: 2003
Website Website: linkein.com

LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site. Generally linkedin is used as a social network for professionals. LinkedIn is headquartered in Mountain View California it has become an open company in 2011 with revenues in 2013 of US $ 1.52 million. 

5. Instagram

Number of Active Users: 300 million
Country of Origin: United States of America
Year Established: 2010
Website Website: instagram.com

Instagram is a social networking site that allows users to take photos or videos and process them with various digital filters and then share them with other social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr and Instagram itself.

6. Twitter 

Number of Active Users: 284 million
Country of Origin: United States of America
Year established: 2006
Website Website: twitter.com

Twitter is a social networking site that only allows its users to send and read texts as much as 140 characters, this Twitter short message is often called Tweets or Twitter. Twitter founded by Jack Dorsey, Evan Wiliams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass in 2006 has been an open company in 2013 with revenues of US $ 664 million in 2013.

7.  Tumblr

Number of Active Users: 230 million
Country of Origin: United States of America
Year Established: 2007
Website Website: tumblr.com

Tumblr is a social networking and micro blogging site founded by David Karp. Tumblr has been acquired by Yahoo in 2013 with a value of US $ 1.1 billion.

8. Sina Weibo

Number of Active Users: 157 million
Country of Origin: China
Year Established: 2009
Website Website: weibo.com

Weibo is a social networking site that originated in China and is only popular in China. This is because the language it supports is only Mandarin and English only. Weibo Also often mentioned as Twitternya China.

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